514 Wanderings in Eastern Africa. 
to ? we never expected to see you again. Why, last 
Monday we had one of the most terrific hurricanes 
here that ever howled, either here or in any part of 
the world. Everything is smashed up ; nothing of all 
you left here remains but my ship. There lies the 
* Lobelia' on her beam ends, and the ' Adele Oswald ' 
has gone down with all hands. The whole of the 
Sultan's fleet is destroyed, and nothing remains to 
him but this steamer !" I was put ashore, and received 
a most hearty welcome from my friends ; for most of 
them had taken it for granted that I had gone down. 
Had I started a little later, returned earlier, or had I 
not gone quite so far, I must have been lost ; our little 
steamer could not have lived five minutes in such a 
storm ! To a gracious Providence we record our 
gratitude. 
Preparations for the expedition went forward, till, 
all being ready, our party crossed the channel to 
Bagamoyo, on the mainland, intending to proceed to 
the interior forthwith. But here we met with several 
forerunners from Mr. Stanley, from whom we learned 
that the dashing correspondent had met with Dr. 
Livingstone at Ujiji, had relieved his wants, and that 
the two gentlemen, having been together to the north 
end of lake Tanganika, had seen the river Ruzizi 
running into the lake, thereby settling the question 
as to the Tanganika^s connection with the sources of 
the Nile. Lieutenants Dawson and Henn now, both 
declaring that the work they had undertaken had 
already been done, expressed their intention to give 
up the expedition. I was asked if I should be willing 
to take charge of a mere relief expedition, and ex- 
pressed my readiness to do so. Lieutenant Dawson 
